Cub Scout Camping 

Camping is the great outdoor adventure of the Boy Scouts of America. Organized camping is a creative, educational experience in cooperative group living in the outdoors. It uses the natural surroundings to contribute significantly to physical, mental, spiritual, and social growth.

 Camping offers many benefits.

ü  It contributes to good health through supervised activity, sufficient rest, good fun, and wholesome companionship.

ü  It helps campers develop self-reliance and resourcefulness by providing learning experiences in which they acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to their well-being.

ü  It enhances spiritual growth by helping campers recognize and appreciate nature and the handiwork of God in nature.

ü  It contributes to social development by providing experiences in which campers learn to deal practically and effectively with living situations.

ü It is an experience in citizenship training, providing campers with opportunities to make decisions and plan and carry out activities at their own level, while improving understanding within the family.

At the Cub Scout level, it introduces boys to the knowledge and skills that they will learn and apply more thoroughly as a Boy Scout. Cub Scout camping provides experiences that are age appropriate for Cub Scouts and their families. The ideal method of camping for Cub Scouts involves parents/guardians and the pack by dens. As with other outdoor activities, it’s important that camping trips be age appropriate. It’s also important to understand who can lead certain types of camping experiences, where they can beheld, and what training is required.

Please see the attached booklet on Cub Scout Camping for a outline provided from the Cub Scout Leader Guide 2013.